Midwest Regional Championship at Crystal Mountain Registration is Open

Crystal Mountain, MI will host the Liberty Mutual Insurance NASTAR Midwest Championships February 29 & March 1. The event will include GS races on Saturday plus the New Head-to-Head Finals on Sunday. In addition, there will be team races on Sunday afternoon for Friends and Families.

Participants will compete within their age and ability groups and racers that score the most Team Points will qualify for the Race of Champions Finals on Sunday. The 32 males and 32 females that earn the most Team Points will qualify for the finals and an opportunity to win prize money. The dual head-to-head race will be a single elimination event with the final four racers in the men's and women’s races splitting a share of the $5000* cash purse.

*prize money is dependent on number of entries. Must have over 130 entries for the full prize purse.

Schedule

Friday, February 28 - Registration

Competitor Check-In 2:00pm-8:00pm – CRYSTAL CENTER

Pickup race bibs, start orders and gift bags

Race Clinic 12:00pm-3:00pm

Optional Race Clinic: participants that would like to work on their skills with Andrew Weinbrecht and the Pros from Crystal Mountain.

Race Clinic Fee: $40 Adults & $30 Juniors & Seniors

Meet Andrew at the bottom of the Loki lift at the Ski School meeting place by Totem Park.

* All participants will take two race runs, but only the best race run handicap will count for awards.

Participants will win awards based on results within their age, gender and ability division. Each age group will be broken into two ability groups; 1) Platinum/Gold and 2) Silver/Bronze. Participants will race their way into their ability group based on the best handicap earned during the race on Saturday:

Division I – Platinum/Gold medal handicaps

Division II – Silver/Bronze medal handicaps

** Participants will qualify for the NASTAR National Championships at Snowmass, CO March 24-28, 2020.

We have changed the format of the final event at the Regional Championship. The Race of Champions (RoC) will be a dual, head-to-head, elimination race that will award prize money to the final four women and the final four men.

The top 32 male and 32 female racers that score the most NASTAR Team Points during the Championship Races will qualify for the final, Race of Champions. Team points are scored within each racer’s age and gender group. This provides younger and older racers with an opportunity to win the event using their handicap.

Competitors are put into elimination brackets and they are seeded by their Team Points. Each racer’s handicap is carried into the race and the doors of the Pro Race style start gates open independently based on the racers’ handicaps. For example, the differential between a racer (A) with a 20 handicap and a racer (B) with a 5 handicap would be 15%. Racer (A’s) start gate would open 15% before the start gate for racer (B) opens. The two competitors race to the finish line and the first competitor to cross the finish line wins and moves on to the next level of the bracket. All races are single elimination and the competitor that scored the most Team Points during qualifying gets priority to select their course. The final four competitors are awarded prize money.

The Team Races on Sunday are designed for families to compete together as a team or for groups of friends to compete together as a team. We encourage participants to meet new friends during the event and form Friends Teams. There will be separate races for family teams and teams of friends.

Family teams and Friends teams will be divided into two ability groups. Teams that score Platinum/Gold NASTAR Team Points will compete and teams that score Silver/Bronze NASTAR Team Points will be grouped together. Teams will race their way into a division based on the numbers of team points scored by the team.

Family teams require a minimum of three team members that have a direct family connection. Friends teams can have up to six people but only four racers will be used to score points for the team. NASTAR Team Points are used to score teams so that age and gender can be used to handicap racers.

All racing will take place on the Cheers to Lou trail. There will be custom merchandise, an awards party, live music, gift bags, an autograph session and Pacesetting by two time Olympic medalist and U.S. Ski Team veteran, Andrew Weibrecht.

Lodging: (844) 546-1727

There are great lodging deals at Crystal Mountain for participants and their guests. Call and mention, NASTAR Midwest Championships

As the Director of NASTAR, Bill is accountable for the overall execution of the program. He created the NASTAR National Championships which hosts 1,000+ competitors annually and currently resides in Colorado when he's not out traveling with the NASTAR team.